Improvement in apparatus for preventing horses from running away



c. c. MOORE & R BLMR.

Improvement in- Apparatus for Preventing Horses from Running Away.

No. 129,358. PatentedJuly16,1872.

WlTNESSES'. I INVENTURQ fi Wflm UNITED STATES CHARLES C. MOORE ANDRICHARD BLAIR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING HORSES FROM RUNNING AWAY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l29,358, dated July16,1872.

Specification describing certain Improvements in Apparatus forPreventing Horses from Running Away, invented by CHARLES (J. MooRE andRICHARD BLAIR, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania.

Our invention relates to the construction and operation of an apparatusto be fastened upon the face of a horse just between the eyes, which,when not in use, will not be materially in his way and not occupy muchspace, but which, when the horse is about to run away, can be suddenlyor gradually opened out, like a ladys fan, before both his eyes, andwill effectually blind him so that he will stop.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents aperspective view ofthe head and neck of a horse with our apparatus fastened to a verticalstrap attached to the bridle, and

expanded or unfolded before the eyes of the horse. Fig. 2 represents avertical longitudinal section made of the same in a plane parallel tothe face of the horse, the material of the blind being folded together,as a ladys fan may be when not in use. Fig. 3 represents a like view ofthe same when the blind has been opened out. Fig. 4 shows an inner viewof one of the jaws to which the two sides of the blind or screen areattached, and by means of which it is opened and closed.

B B is a plate of any suitable material, which may be attached to astrap, as shown in Fig. 1, and it may have head-pieces extending outperpendicularly from each end, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3; and a similarplate, without the head-pieces, may be fitted over and fastened uponsuch head-pieces and thus constitute a frame or box, within which theoperative parts may act and be secured against exposure to the weather.This box is open upon each side, so as not to prevent the expansion ofthe blind, but the jaws E E close the sides of the box when it is foldedup. Each of these jaws has two flanges extending inwardly from its lowerend, one from its inner edge, the other from its outer edge, and eachflange is pierced with two holes. The upper holes in the flan ges arefor the pins H H, the lower ones for the pins I I. The pins H H areinserted into and fastened in'the plate B B, and pass through theflanges, as shown in the drawing, and are the pivots upon which the jawsE E vibrate when opening out and closing the blind A. Upon and aroundthese pivot-pins H H are mounted the-coiled springs D D, which holdtogether the folds of the blind with an amount of force corresponding totheir stiffness, location, 850. Now, in order to force the jaws E Eoutwardly and thus open out the screen A, the outer ends of the levers OO are pivoted upon the pins I I, which pass through them and the flangesbefore mentioned, but not through the plate B on the cap or cover, whiletheir inner ends are pivoted together by a pin or hook, at, to which isattached the cord or strap E, which extends back to be within thecontrol of the rider or driver, who may, by pulling it, cause the screento expand either gradually or suddenly, at will, and then allow it to befolded up in a corresponding manner. The body of the blind or screen Amay be made of any suitable material and in such a manner as to fold uplike a ladys fan, or it may be made of some elastic substance, likeIndia rubber and the compounds thereof, in which case it would simplycontract and expand without folding upon itself.

The blind above' described, operated by the mechanism above shown anddescribed, is the best that we have invented.

What we claim as our invention is- The fan A, jaws E E, levers O, andsprings D D, all arranged within the metallic receptacle, as set forth,and operated by a single cord or strap, F, in the manner and for thepurpose described.

CHARLES C. MOORE. RICHARD BLAIR.

Witnesses:

LEON DUVAL, ALEx. M. STOUT, Jr.

